In 1978, a group of kids were digging in the mud outside a house in the West Athens, Los Angeles, when they struck something that felt like the roof of a car. They reported their find to the sheriff. After inspecting the yard, Sgt. Joe Sabas and Sgt. Dennis Carroll decided to assemble a team … Read more
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a socialist federation in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991. Throughout its existence, the USSR was a true powerhouse of some of the most significant technological achievements and innovations of the 20th century. They invented the world’s first human-made satellite and the launching of the first … Read more
The first ever photograph of Paris in 1839 was taken by Louis Daguerre on the boulevard du Temple. There is a shoe shiner in the left-hand corner. This is one of the oldest photographs, where the first ever photo of human being is captured. Today photographers travel around the world, taking photos of beautiful cities. … Read more
The Manchurian Plague is a fiasco in the history of public health in China in 1910 to 1911. Also known as the Pneumonic Plague came at a time when the imperial court in Beijing was at its weakest. The Republican Revolution led by Sun Yat-sen had not occurred yet. With a mortality rate of almost … Read more
These photos of working girls in various phases of undress and their day-to-day life: reading, bathing and preening for customers in the 1890s. Below are just a few of the hundreds of photos taken decades before the more famous E. J. Bellocq photographs of the 1913 working girls in Storyville, New Orleans. The photos you’re … Read more
Everybody’s grandparents had these couches! The design in floral patterns, geometric shapes and vibrant colors. The copious amounts of orange exploding were all design features of the decade. Many view the 1970s as the decade of style. Indeed, there is so much from the period that is worth reviving. These old photos of couches will … Read more